Those drugs taken by the purple Smurfs?Seriously, I'd say this stuff is quite due the social constructionist turn in social sciences, the seemingly apolitical character of which leads exactly to these kind of descriptive analyses of stereotypes in media, popular culture, etc., while simultaneously taking its scientificness away from the conditions of emergence that constitute and are closely related to the political element. So in different ways, I don't have a problem with the claim The Smurfs are somewhat racist in content, but the article either doesn't take a look on the book itself and the way how it is explained, or simply there is the possibility the book gets away from the question of why do The Smurfs need to be racist with regard to the deeper question of what holds the modern society together.

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Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:09 pm

thx1138

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Re: Weird news of the day

My t-shirt is black and it smells. Is this because I have been wearing it for two weeks, or could it be misconstrued as a representation of it's misguided views on people of African descent?

Mon Jun 20, 2011 3:46 pm

mashaldm

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Re: Weird news of the day

Some people just have too much time on their hands. Plus he has missed the obvious clue that they are sexists - smurfette never gets to wear trousers, or even a power suit (its so obvious)!

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